KEYSPAN CORP
U-1/A, EX-99.1, 2000-10-02
NATURAL GAS DISTRIBUTION
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                                   Exhibit E-5
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                       KeySpan's Non-Utility Subsidiaries


          KeySpan is a diversified  energy holding  company  which,  through its
direct and indirect subsidiaries,  engages in energy related businesses. KeySpan
engages in its non-utility  activities through seventeen (16) direct non-utility
subsidiaries  which  are  as  follows:   KeySpan  Energy  Corporation;   KeySpan
Exploration and Production, LLC; KeySpan Corporate Services LLC; KeySpan Utility
Services LLC;  KeySpan  Electric  Services LLC;  KeySpan Energy Trading Services
LLC; Marquez  Development  Corporation;  Island Energy Services  Company,  Inc.;
LILCO Energy Systems Inc.; KeySpan-Ravenswood, Inc.; KeySpan-Ravenswood Services
Corp.;  KeySpan Energy Supply,  LLC;  KeySpan  Services,  Inc.;  Honeoye Storage
Corporation;,  KeySpan  Technologies  Inc.  and KeySpan  MHK,  Inc. In addition,
KeySpan's gas utility  subsidiary,  The Brooklyn Union Gas Company d/b/a KeySpan
Energy  Delivery New York,  ("KeySpan New York"),  owns all or part interests in
three (3) subsidiaries that are engaged in non-utility businesses.1

          The following is a description of the  activities of KeySpan's  direct
and indirect non-utility subsidiaries.

          1. KeySpan Energy Corporation ("KEC")

          KEC, a New York corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of KeySpan, is
a holding company for a variety of energy related businesses which are conducted
through  its five (5)  direct,  non-utility  subsidiaries  (KeySpan  North  East
Ventures,  Inc.,  KeySpan Energy Development  Corporation,  THEC Holdings Corp.,
KeySpan  Natural Fuels,  LLC and GEI  Development  Corp. and indirectly  through
KeySpan New York's non-utility  subsidiaries.2 Their non-utility  businesses are
described below.

          KeySpan  North  East  Ventures,   Inc.  ("KNEV").   KNEV,  a  Delaware
corporation and wholly-owned  subsidiary of KEC, holds a 90% ownership  interest
in Northeast Gas Markets,  LLC.  Northeast Gas Markets,  LLC, a Delaware limited
liability  company,  provides natural gas procurement,  contract  management and
marketing  services to clients  located in the  northeastern  part of the United
States.

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1 KeySpan New York was  formerly  known as The  Brooklyn  Union Gas  Company.  A
certificate  of assumed name was filed with the New York  Department of State in
May 2000.

2 Brooklyn Union is a utility subsidiary of KEC.

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          KeySpan  Energy  Development  Corporation  ("KEDC").  KEDC, a Delaware
corporation and wholly-owned  subsidiary of KEC, is a development company, and a
holding company for companies engaged in international and domestic  non-utility
activities.  KEDC's primary activities,  both directly and through its seven (7)
direct subsidiaries, are the development, ownership and operation of market area
natural gas pipelines and storage  facilities  located in the United States, and
investments  in  companies  which  develop,   own  and/or  operate   non-utility
generation plants,  gas processing plants and gathering systems,  liquid natural
gas processing facilities,  foreign utility companies ("FUCOs") under Section 33
of the Public  Utility  Holding  Company  Act of 1935 (the  "Act"),  natural gas
pipelines,  and oil fields located in certain areas of Europe,  Canada, or Latin
America.  As further described below, KEDC's direct subsidiaries are GTM Energy,
LLC ("GTM");  Honeoye Storage  Corporation  ("Honeoye"),  KeySpan  International
Corporation  ("KeySpan  International"),  KeySpan Cross Bay, LLC ("KeySpan Cross
Bay"), KeySpan Midstream,  LLC ("KeySpan  Midstream"),  Solex Production Limited
("Solex") and Adrian Associates L.P. ("Adrian").

          o         KEDC  owns a 50%  ownership  interest  in  GTM,  a  Delaware
                    limited liability company. GTM is a joint venture engaged in
                    the development of electric generation project s in the City
                    of New York,  which may obtain  exempt  wholesale  generator
                    status under  Section 32 of the Act  ("EWGs").  The projects
                    are still in the development stage, therefore,  GTM does not
                    yet own electric facilities that are operational.

          o         KEDC owns 28.8% of the outstanding common stock of Honeoye.3
                    Honeoye,  a New York  corporation,  owns an underground  gas
                    storage  facility in Ontario County,  New York consisting of
                    28  injection/withdrawal  wells,  12 observation  wells,  19
                    miles of field gathering  lines,  compressor  units totaling
                    2700 hp and 10.5 miles of transmission  pipeline  connecting
                    the   facilities   to  the   Tennessee   Gas   Pipeline  gas
                    transmission  system.  Honeoye  provides  up to 4.8  billion
                    cubic feet  ("BCF")  of storage  service to New York and New
                    England area gas distribution companies. Honeye is regulated
                    by the Federal Energy  Regulatory  Commission  ("FERC") with
                    respect to its natural gas activities.  In the first quarter
                    of this year,  Honeoye  filed an  application  with the FERC
                    seeking authority to expand field capacity to 6.57 BCF.

          o         KeySpan International,  a Delaware corporation,  is a wholly
                    subsidiary  of KEDC which  serves as a  non-utility  holding
                    company  for  KEDC's   investments   in  gas   distribution,
                    transportation and electric projects in

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3 KeySpan also directly holds a 23.33% interest in Honeoye.

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                    selected  developing markets in Europe and Latin America. As
                    described below,  KeySpan  International has two (2) direct,
                    wholly-owned subsidiaries, KeySpan CI Limited and KeySpan CI
                    II Limited,  which  directly or  indirectly  hold  KeySpan's
                    interests in the foreign operations.

                    o         KeySpan  CI  Limited.  ("KeySpan  CI"),  a  Cayman
                              Island corporation,  was formed to directly hold a
                              24.5%  ownership  interest in Phoenix  Natural Gas
                              Limited  ("Phoenix"),  a natural gas  distribution
                              system located in Northern  Ireland.  Phoenix is a
                              FUCO.  KeySpan  CI also  holds a 50%  interest  in
                              Premier  Transco Limited  ("Premier"),  which is a
                              natural gas transportation pipeline company owning
                              and  operating  pipeline  facilities  spanning the
                              Irish Sea between southwest  Scotland and Northern
                              Ireland.4

                    o         KeySpan   CI  II,   Limited.,   a  Cayman   Island
                              corporation, was formed to hold through its wholly
                              owned  subsidiary,  Grupo  KeySpan  S. de R.L.  de
                              C.V., a 50% interest in FINSA  Energeticos,  S. de
                              R.L. de C.V. ("FINSA"). FINSA is a Mexican company
                              and a FUCO  which  owns a small  gas  distribution
                              company  in  Mexico.  It is also  involved  in the
                              development   of   generation   and  gas  pipeline
                              projects in Mexico.

          o         KeySpan Cross Bay, a Delaware limited  liability company and
                    wholly-owned subsidiary of KEDC, was formed to own KeySpan's
                    25% interest in the Cross Bay Pipeline Company,  LLC ("Cross
                    Bay"). Cross Bay is involved in the development of the Cross
                    Bay pipeline,  a proposed  interstate pipeline that would be
                    subject to FERC  jurisdiction  and which will  transport gas
                    from two existing interstate pipelines located in New Jersey
                    to customers located in New York City and Long Island.

          o         KeySpan Midstream,  a Delaware limited liability company and
                    wholly-owned  subsidiary of KEDC,  indirectly holds, through
                    several  wholly-owned  subsidiaries,  (i) an approximate 50%
                    interest in each of GMS Facilities  Limited ("GMF") and Gulf
                    Midstream Services Limited ("GMSL"),  (ii) a 54% interest in
                    Gulf Midstream Services Partnership ("GMSP")  (collectively,
                    the  "Canadian  Companies"),  and (iii) a 100%  interest  in
                    KeySpan Energy Canada, Ltd. ("KeySpan Canada").5


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4 KeySpan  CI,  Ltd.  directly  holds a 24.5%  interest  in Premier  and a 25.5%
indirect  interest  through  its  wholly-owned  subsidiary  named  KeySpan  (UK)
Limited, a corporation organized under the laws of the United Kingdom.

5 A chain of  intermediary  companies  has been  established  for the purpose of
holding  interests  in  the  Canadian  Companies  and  KeySpan  Canada.  KeySpan
Midstream  and KEDC  together  own 100% of KeySpan CI

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                    o         GMSP,  a  Canadian   general   partnership,   owns
                              interests  in 11 natural  gas  processing  plants,
                              along  with  the   associated  raw  gas  gathering
                              facilities,  located in Alberta and  Saskatchewan,
                              Canada  . It is the  operator  of  nine  of  those
                              facilities.  GMSP also  markets  natural  gas,  on
                              behalf of approximately 40 producers,  to about 50
                              customers  in the United  States and  Canada,  and
                              markets natural gas products  (including  propane,
                              butane and  sulphur),  on behalf of  approximately
                              130  producers to about 50 customers in the United
                              States and Canada.

                    o         GMF, a Canadian  corporation,  owns an interest in
                              one natural gas processing plant in Alberta, which
                              it operates.  It also owns  interests in crude oil
                              and natural gas liquids transportation facilities,
                              which it  operates,  and  interests in natural gas
                              liquids  fractionation  and storage  facilities at
                              Edmonton,  Alberta. Together, GMSP and GMF provide
                              gas   gathering   and   processing   services   to
                              approximately 215 producers.

                    o         GMSL,  a  Canadian  corporation,  is the  managing
                              partner  for  GMSP  and is the  agent  for GMF and
                              GMSP. GMSL is the managing partner for GMSP and is
                              the agent for GMF and GMSP.  Because  neither GMSP
                              nor GMF have employees or office facilities,  GMSP
                              and GMF act through GMSL,  which conducts all GMSP
                              and GMF business,  including  operating the assets
                              for   which   those    entities   have   operating
                              responsibility,  and executing and  performing all
                              GMSP and GMF contracts.

                   o          KeySpan   Canada,   a  Canadian   corporation  and
                              wholly-owned   subsidiary  of  KEDC,  owns  a  19%
                              interest  in the  Taylor Gas  Liquids  Partnership
                              ("Taylor").  Taylor  owns  a 57%  interest  in the
                              Younger NGL Extraction Plant (the "Younger Plant")
                              in western  Canada  which is a natural gas liquids
                              and   extraction   facility.   The  Younger  Plant
                              currently has a production capacity of 38,500 bpd.
                              The Younger  Plant  obtains  the gas it  processes
                              from the West  Coast  Energy and TCM  natural

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Midstream  Ltd.,  a  Cayman  Island  corporation,  which  in  turn  is the  sole
shareholder of KeySpan Luxembourg S.A.R.L. ("KS Luxembourg").  KS Luxembourg,  a
Luxembourg limited liability company, and its wholly-owned subsidiary,  Nicodama
Beheer V.B.V.  (a Netherlands  company),  hold all of the issued and outstanding
shares of KeySpan Energy  Development Co. (Nova Scotia) ("KeySpan Nova Scotia").
KS Luxembourg also owns 100% of KS Midstream Finance Co. (Nova Scotia) which has
extended  credit to KeySpan Nova Scotia.  KeySpan Nova Scotia  directly  owns an
approximate  50%  interest in each of the  Canadian  Companies,  100% of KeySpan
Canada,  and a 76% interest in the Paddle River gas processing  plant located in
western Canada.

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                              gas pipelines and ships the natural gas liquids it
                              produces through the Federated and TCM natural gas
                              liquids   systems.   The   majority   of  Taylor's
                              customers  are gas  producers  and  gas  marketers
                              located in Canada.6

          o         Solex, a Canadian corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of
                    KEDC,  owns the Nipisi oil and gas field  located in western
                    Canada.  Solex acquired the field in December 1999 from Gulf
                    Canada  Resources  Limited  ("GCRL").   Solex  is  currently
                    operating the field which consists of approximately 20 wells
                    and produces  approximately  1400 bpd which is sold to Tidal
                    Resources,  a subsidiary of GCRL.  Solex has entered into an
                    asset   purchase   and  sale   agreement   to  sell  all  or
                    substantially  all of the field  and will no longer  operate
                    the  field  upon  closing  of the  transaction.  The sale is
                    expected  to  close  in  October  2000,  and  Solex  will be
                    dissolved as soon as practicable thereafter.

          o         KEDC holds a 33.7%  interest in Adrian,  a New York  limited
                    partnership,  which  owns a 50%  interest  in the Adrian gas
                    storage facility in Steuben, New York. The facility consists
                    of 9  injection/withdrawal  wells,  an  observation  well, 2
                    miles of field gathering  lines,  compressor  units totaling
                    2700 hp and 13.5 miles of transmission  pipeline  connecting
                    the facilities to the gas  transportation  pipeline owned by
                    Tennessee  Gas  Pipeline.  Adrian  provides up to 6.2 BCF of
                    storage service to Public Service Gas and Electric  Company,
                    Elizabeth Gas Company and  Commonwealth  Gas Company,  which
                    are gas  distribution  companies  located  in New Jersey and
                    Massachusetts.

          THEC  Holdings  Corp.  ("THEC").   THEC  Holdings  Corp.,  a  Delaware
corporation  and wholly  owned  subsidiary  of KEC, is the  company  which holds
KeySpan's interest in The Houston Exploration  Company ("Houston  Exploration");
KEC currently  holds a 70% interest.7  Houston  Exploration,  is a publicly held
Delaware  corporation with its principle  executive  offices located in Houston,
Texas. It is engaged in the exploration, development and acquisition of domestic
natural  gas  and oil  properties.  Houston  Exploration  also  owns  associated
gathering systems and exploration and drilling equipment and is engaged in small
scale marketing, supplying, transportation and storage. The company has offshore
properties  in the Gulf of Mexico and onshore  properties  in Texas,  Louisiana,
Arkansas and West  Virginia.  At December  31, 1999,  the company had net proved
reserves of 541 BCF,  approximately  97% of which are natural  gas. It sells gas
and oil to a relatively small number of customers (none of which are affiliates)
and its major

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6 In February 2000,  KeySpan  Canada  exercised its option to participate in the
expansion of the Younger plant, therefore, converting its fluctuating percentage
interest in cash distributions into a fixed percentage of ownership.

7 On March 31,  2000,  KEC's  ownership  interest  in  Houston  Exploration  was
increased from 64% to 70%.

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customer for the year ended December 31, 1999,  was Adams  Resources and Energy,
Inc. A more  detailed  description  of Houston  Exploration  is contained in its
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999, a copy of which
is incorporated by reference as Exhibit H-11 hereto.  Houston  Exploration  also
owns 100% of Seneca-Upshur  Petroleum,  Inc. ("Seneca"), a Delaware corporation,
which is a general partner in a group of limited  partnerships which own oil and
gas  properties in West  Virginia.  Houston  Exploration  manages,  operates and
drills the wells for Seneca.

          KeySpan Natural Fuels, LLC ("KNF").  KNF, a Delaware limited liability
company and  wholly-owned  subsidiary of KEC, owns certain  interests in onshore
producing  wells  of  Houston   Exploration   that  produce  oil  and  gas  from
non-conventional  fuel  sources,  such as oil being  produced from shale and tar
sands and natural gas being produced from  geopressured  brine,  Dluonion shale,
coal  seams  and  tight  sand  formations.   Houston   Exploration  manages  and
administers the daily operation of these properties.

          GEI  Development  Corp.  ("GEI").  GEI,  a  Delaware  corporation  and
wholly-owned  subsidiary  of KEC,  is the  successor  company  to, and holds the
outstanding  obligations of, Gas Energy Inc. and Gas Energy  Cogeneration  Inc.,
which owned  interests in several  QFs.  The QF  interests  were sold to Calpine
Corporation  in December  1997.  GEI is currently in the process of winding down
its business affairs and will be dissolved as soon as practicable.

          KeySpan New York Subsidiaries.  KeySpan New York has three (3) direct,
wholly-owned   subsidiaries   which  are  engaged  either  directly  or  through
subsidiaries  in  the  following  non-utility   businesses:   partial  ownership
interests in a gas  transportation  pipeline  regulated by the FERC; and partial
ownership  interests in companies which market Canadian natural gas. The KeySpan
New York's subsidiaries are as follows.

          o         North East  Transmission  Co.,  Inc.  ("NET"),  (a  Delaware
                    corporation and a wholly-owned  KeySpan New York subsidiary)
                    was  created  to  hold a  general  partner  interest  in the
                    Iroquois Gas Transmission  System,  L.P.  ("Iroquois").  Its
                    general partner interest is currently 18.49%.  Iroquois is a
                    FERC regulated natural gas pipeline which transports natural
                    gas from Canada to the Northeast United States. Iroquois has
                    a  wholly  owned  subsidiary,  Iroquois  Pipeline  Operating
                    Company, which operates the Iroquois' pipeline.

          o         KeySpan New York holds a 36.09%  interest  in  Boundary  Gas
                    Inc.   ("BGI")  and  KeySpan  Long  Island  holds  a  3.019%
                    interest. BGI, a Delaware corporation,  is a gas marketer. 8
                    BGI purchases  Canadian  natural gas on

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8 Eastern  Enterprises'  two gas  utilities,  Boston Gas  Company  and Essex Gas
Company  ("Essex"),   also  own,   collectively,   a  14.54%  interest  in  BGI.
EnergyNorth's gas utility  subsidiary,  EnergyNorth  Natural Gas, Inc. ("ENGI"),
owns a 3.74% interest in BGI.

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                    the U.S. side of the  U.S./Canadian  border and  immediately
                    resells it to 14 customers which are local gas  distribution
                    companies.  The BGI utility  customers  include  KeySpan New
                    York  and  KeySpan  Long  Island  as well as two of  Eastern
                    Enterprises' gas utilities and ENGI. The buyers ship the gas
                    they  purchase from BGI to their  operations  located in the
                    northeastern   part  of  the  United   States   through  the
                    facilities of U.S. pipeline companies.

          o         KeySpan New York holds a 26%  interest in Alberta  Northeast
                    Gas, Ltd. ("Alberta"), a Canadian corporation which is a gas
                    marketer.9 ANE purchases  Canadian natural gas in Canada and
                    resells  it  at  the   U.S./Canadian   border  to  17  local
                    distribution  gas companies  which include  KeySpan New York
                    and  KeySpan  Long  Island  as  well  as  three  of  Eastern
                    Enterprises' gas utilities and ENGI. The buyers ship the gas
                    they  purchase from Alberta to their  operations  located in
                    the  northeastern  part of the United States through,  inter
                    alia, the Iroquois pipeline.

2.        KeySpan Electric Services LLC ("KES")

          KES  is  a  New  York  limited   liability  company  and  wholly-owned
subsidiary  of  KeySpan  which,  pursuant  to a  contract,  provides  day-to-day
operation and maintenance  services and construction  management services to the
Long Island Power Authority  ("LIPA") for LIPA's  transmission  and distribution
facilities located on Long Island, New York ("T&D Facilities"). In addition, KES
provides management and administration services to LIPA for its interests in the
Nine Mile Point Unit 2 nuclear facility ("NMP2").  KES's services are subject to
the overall direction of LIPA and LIPA maintains control over major decisions.10
In 1998,  LIPA  acquired the T&D  Facilities  and NMP2  interests  from the Long
Island Lighting Company  ("LILCO") in a contemporaneous  transaction  related to
the  combination  of  LILCO  and  KEC  which  resulted  in  KeySpan's   indirect
acquisition  of LILCO's  non-nuclear  generation  assets.  LIPA entered into the
services  arrangement  with KES since it was a beneficiary of the experience and
expertise  developed  by LILCO in operating  the T&D  Facilities  and NMP2.  The
services  KES  provides to LIPA  include  performance  of routine and  emergency
facility additions and improvements,  customer  connections and  disconnections,
construction  of new  facilities,  supervision  of  routine  and  major  capital
improvements,  preparation  of proposed  budgets and  monitoring  LIPA  approved
capital and operating budgets,  load and energy forecasts,  long range and short
range  system  and  strategic  plans,  management  and  repair  or  modification
activities   associated  with  public  works  projects  and  emergency  response
activities for events affecting LIPA's facilities.


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9 Essex also owns a .7%% interest in Alberta and ENGI owns a 1.3% interest.

10 KES is not an electric  utility  company under PUHCA.  See BL Holding  Corp.,
Holding Co. Act Release No. 26875 at 5 fn. 8 (May 15, 1998).

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3.        KeySpan Exploration and Production, LLC ("KEP")

          KEP, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly-owned  subsidiary
of KeySpan,  is part of a joint  venture  with  Houston  Exploration  to conduct
offshore  gas  and  oil  exploration  and  development  in the  Gulf  of  Mexico
consisting of drilling  undeveloped  offshore  leases.  The offshore  leases are
owned 55% by Houston  Exploration  and 45% by KEP.  Houston  Exploration  is the
joint venture manager and operator.

4.        KeySpan Corporate Services LLC ("KCS")

          KCS, a New York limited liability company and wholly-owned  subsidiary
of KeySpan,  provides a variety of traditional corporate administrative services
to KeySpan and its  subsidiaries.  The  services KCS  provides  include  general
supervision,  corporate planning,  and providing  centralized services including
the  following   activities:   human  resources  planning  and   administration;
accounting;  financing and treasury  services;  insurance  and risk  management;
regulatory and governmental  relations;  corporate  communications  and external
relations; consumer outreach and education;  information systems and technology;
materials  management and procurement;  legal services;  call center operations;
corporate  and  strategic  planning;  internal  auditing;  billing  and  payment
processing;  budget  administration;  security  services;  fleet  management and
maintenance;  and, building design, maintenance and management building owned or
lease by  affiliates.  In a  separate  application,  KeySpan  will  seek Rule 88
approval of KCS as a service company for the registered holding company system.

5.        KeySpan Utility Services LLC ("KUS")

          KUS, a New York limited liability company and wholly-owned  subsidiary
of KeySpan,  provides the following  services only to KeySpan New York,  KeySpan
Long Island,  KeySpan Electric Services LLC, KeySpan Energy Trading Services LLC
and KeySpan  Generation  LLC: gas and  electric  transmission  and  distribution
system planning; gas supply planning and procurement;  marketing services (i.e.,
planning,  administration and support);  research and development services;  and
meter repair operations.  In a separate  application,  KeySpan will seek Rule 88
approval of KUS as a service company for the registered holding company system.

6.       KeySpan Energy Trading Services LLC ("KETS")

          KETS, a New York limited liability company and wholly-owned subsidiary
of Keyspan, is a broker of electricity and gas on behalf of LIPA.  Specifically,
the services provided by KETS include energy supply portfolio  management,  risk
management and associated  administration  and billing,  and, as agent for LIPA,
KETS is  responsible  for (a)

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the  purchase  from third  parties of  additional  capacity and energy that LIPA
needs to serve its customers,  (b) the off-system sale of LIPA's energy which it
does  not  require  to meet  the  needs of its  system  customers;  and (c) fuel
procurement,  delivery,  storage and  management to meet LIPA's  obligations  to
provide fuel to its  electricity  supplier to generate power to provide LIPA for
its retail and wholesale customers.

7.        Marquez Development Corporation ("MDC")

          KeySpan owns a 75% interest in Marquez Development Corp.  ("Marquez"),
a New York  corporation,  which owns an  inactive  uranium  mill and mine in New
Mexico, however, the uranium was never mined. Marquez's facilities are currently
in the process of being dismantled.11

8.        Island Energy Services Company, Inc. ("Island Energy")

          KeySpan owns a 70% interest in Island Energy, a New York  corporation.
Island Energy is an inactive company which owns no assets.

9.        LILCO Energy Systems Inc. ("LES)

          LILCO Energy Systems, Inc., a New York corporation, holds a 1% general
partner interest in Iroquois.12

10 .      KeySpan-Ravenswood, Inc. ("KeySpan-Ravenswood")

          KeySpan-Ravenswood,   Inc.   ("KeySpan-Ravenswood"),    a   New   York
corporation  and  wholly-owned  subsidiary  of KeySpan,  is an exempt  wholesale
generator  ("EWG")  pursuant to Section 32 of the Act.  Keyspan-Ravenswood  owns
and/or leases and operates an approximately  2,168 megawatt electric  generating
facility located in Queens, New York ("Ravenswood Facility"). KeySpan-Ravenswood
acquired the  Ravenswood  Facility from The  Consolidated  Edison Company of New
York, Inc. ("Con Edison") in June of 1999 as

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11 The interest in Marquez was originally  purchased by LILCO in the 1970's as a
potential  fuel supply  source for its nuclear  generation  facilities.  KeySpan
acquired the Marquez  interest as part of its  acquisition in 1998 of certain of
LILCO's generation and gas assets.

12  Collectively,   KeySpan  indirectly  holds  a  19.4%  interest  in  Iroquois
through LES's 1%  interest  and,  as  described   above,   NET's  18.4%  general
partnership interest.

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part of Con Edison's  divestiture of its generation  assets.  KeySpan-Ravenswood
sells energy, capacity and ancillary services at wholesale.

11.       KeySpan-Ravenwood Services Corp. ("KRS")

          KRS, a New York  corporation and  wholly-owned  subsidiary of KeySpan,
was created in June of 1999 in connection with KeySpan-Ravenswood's  acquisition
of the Ravenswood  Facility.  KRS is primarily  engaged in providing  day-to-day
operation and  maintenance  services to  KeySpan-Ravenswood  for the  Ravenswood
Facility,  subject to  KeySpan-Ravenswood's  overall direction and control.  KRS
also  provides,  at no charge,  small amounts of  electricity  to Con Edison and
provides day to day  operation  and  maintenance  services to Con Edison for its
steam plant  located at the site of the  Ravenswood  Facility;  the provision of
these services was a condition of Con Edison's sale of the  Ravenswood  Facility
to  KeySpan-Ravenswood.  Con Edison sells the steam produced at the plant to its
steam  distribution  customers  located in New York.  KRS employees  include Con
Edison  employees which were  transferred to KRS at the time  KeySpan-Ravenswood
acquired  the  Ravenswood  Facilities.  KRS does not own any  electric  or steam
facilities.

12.       KeySpan Energy Supply, LLC ("KE")

          KE, a Delaware limited liability  company and wholly-owned  subsidiary
of  KeySpan,  is engaged in energy  brokering  activities  (i.e.,  it acts as an
intermediary  and does not take title to energy).  Specifically,  it manages the
purchases  of gas and  electricity  as agent for  customers  of  KeySpan  Energy
Services,  Inc. and KeySpan  Energy  Management,  Inc.  KE, as KRS' agent,  also
manages  KRS'  purchases  of its fuel  supply for the  Ravenswood  Facility  and
manages  the  bidding  of   KeySpan-Ravenswood's   power  sales  into  wholesale
electricity markets.

13.       KeySpan Services Inc. ("KSI")

          KSI, a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of KeySpan, is
a holding company of fifteen (15) wholly-owned,  direct non-utility subsidiaries
which are engaged in: the ownership of telecommunication  equipment;  the design
and  development  of  energy  plants  for  large  industrial  and  institutional
customers;   the   installation   and   maintenance   of  heating   and  central
air-conditioning  systems;  providing a wide range of  appliances  services  for
residential  customers  and small  business  customers;  providing  plumbing and
engineering services; and marketing gas and retail electricity.

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          o         KeySpan Communications Corp. ("KCC"), a New York corporation
                    and  wholly-owned  subsidiary of KSI, owns an  approximately
                    400-mile  fiber optic network on Long Island and in New York
                    City.  KCC  constructs and operates fiber optic networks and
                    transportation  facilities.  Currently,  KCC's  fiber  optic
                    network serves several unaffiliated local, long distance and
                    transatlantic  telephone  carriers  (such  as AT&T  and MCI)
                    under  long and short term  leases.  KCC also has a contract
                    with its affiliate,  KCS,  pursuant to which portions of the
                    fiber   optic   network   is  used  by  KCS  to  serve   the
                    telecommunications  needs  (e.g.,  internal  voice  and date
                    transmission  requirements)  of KeySpan  and  certain of its
                    utility and non-utility subsidiaries.

          o         KeySpan  Energy  Management,   Inc.  ("KEMI"),  a  New  York
                    corporation  and  wholly-owned  subsidiary  of  KSI,  is the
                    holding company of two wholly-owned non-utility subsidiaries
                    which are  engaged  in the design  and  operation  of energy
                    systems   for   large-scale   residential   and   commercial
                    facilities, and providing energy-related services to clients
                    in the New York metropolitan  area. The customers consist of
                    industrial or large commercial and  institutional  entities,
                    including  hospitals,  universities,  hotels  and  municipal
                    authorities,  such as the New York City  Housing  Authority.
                    Energy  related  services  include:  the review of  existing
                    utility  needs  (i.e.,  electric,  power supply and heating,
                    ventilation,  and air conditioning  ("HVAC")  systems);  the
                    design and recommendation of new efficient systems;  and the
                    installation  and  construction  of  power  supply  and HVAC
                    systems,  boilers and burners.  KEMI's  subsidiaries are (i)
                    KeySpan   Engineering   Associates,   Inc.,   a   New   York
                    professional  engineering  corporation,  which reviews,  and
                    provides  recommendations  with respect to, the power supply
                    needs of its large commercial,  industrial and institutional
                    customers and designs  efficient,  new power supply systems,
                    such as cogeneration facilities;  and (ii) R.D. Mortman, LLC
                    which installs and services burners and boilers and designs,
                    builds,  installs and services HVAC  systems.  None of these
                    companies provide services or goods to their affiliates.

          o         KeySpan Energy  Services,  Inc., a Delaware  corporation and
                    wholly-owned   subsidiary  of  KSI,  is  a  gas  and  retail
                    electricity   marketer.13   It  buys   and   sells   gas  to
                    residential,  commercial and industrial customers located in
                    the  Northeastern  United  States.  It does not  provide any
                    services or goods to its affiliates.

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13 It sells electricity to a limited number of retail customers.

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          o         KeySpan Energy Solutions,  LLC ("KeySpan Solutions"),  a New
                    York limited liability  company and wholly-owned  subsidiary
                    of  KSI,   provides  service  and  maintenance  for  heating
                    equipment,  water heaters,  central air conditioners and gas
                    appliances  and  offers  safety  products  and  services  to
                    residential and small  commercial gas customers.  The safety
                    products and services include: safety inspections and repair
                    services;   energy  assessment  and  energy  related  safety
                    checks, such as carbon monoxide and faulty equipment wiring;
                    products  to  promote  safe  energy  use,   increase  energy
                    efficiency or provide  energy related  information,  such as
                    carbon   monoxide,   smoke  and  fire   detectors  and  fire
                    extinguishers.   KeySpan  Solutions  also  wholly  owns  the
                    following subsidiary:

                    o         KeySpan  Plumbing  Solutions,  Inc.,  a  New  York
                              corporation,  provides  plumbing  maintenance  and
                              services  to  residential  and  small   commercial
                              customers  located  in the New  York  Metropolitan
                              area. It does not provide any services or goods to
                              its affiliates.

          o         Fritze KeySpan,  LLC, a Delaware limited liability  company,
                    designs,  builds,  installs  and  services  HVAC systems for
                    small  commercial  and  residential  customers  in North and
                    Central  New Jersey.  It does not  provide  any  services or
                    goods to its affiliates.

          o         Delta KeySpan, Inc., a Delaware corporation, designs, builds
                    and installs HVAC systems primarily for commercial customers
                    in Rhode  Island  and the New  England  region.  It does not
                    provide any services or goods to its affiliates.

          o         Active  Conditioning  Corp.,  a New Jersey  corporation,  is
                    engaged  in  installing  and  maintaining  boilers  and HVAC
                    systems for  residential  and commercial  customers  located
                    in_New Jersey.  It does not provide any services or goods to
                    its affiliates.

          o         Fourth  Avenue   Enterprise   Piping   Corp.,   a  New  York
                    corporation is engaged in installing and maintaining boilers
                    and HVAC systems for commercial and institutional  customers
                    located in New York.  It does not  provide  any  services or
                    goods to its affiliates.

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          o         Paulus,  Sokolowski  & Sartor,  Inc.  ("PSS"),  a New Jersey
                    corporation,   is  engaged  in  engineering  and  consulting
                    services to companies  located  primarily  in New York,  New
                    Jersey  and   Florida.   PSS's   design   services   include
                    mechanical,   electrical,   civil,   structural,   sanitary,
                    geotechnical   and   architectural.   It  also   engages  in
                    permitting,  licensing and environmental  compliance.  PSS's
                    clients consist of large and industrial  customers,  such as
                    utilities,    corporate   offices,   hotels,   laboratories,
                    warehouses,     pharmaceutical     companies,     hospitals,
                    universities  and  power  plants.  It does not  provide  any
                    services or goods to its affiliates.

          o         WDF,  Inc.,  a New  York  corporation,  provides  mechanical
                    contracting    services   to   large    scale    commercial,
                    institutional and industrial customers in the New York area.
                    Its  services  are  primarily   the  design,   construction,
                    alteration,  maintenance  and  repair of  plumbing  and HVAC
                    systems including  related piping  installation and welding.
                    It does not provide any services or goods to its affiliates.

          o         Roy Kay, Inc. ("RKI"), a New Jersey corporation,  is engaged
                    in   mechanical   and   general   contracting   services  to
                    commercial,  industrial and institutional  customers such as
                    the New York  City  Housing  Authority  and New  York  State
                    Dormitory   Authority.   RKI  installs  and  renovates  HVAC
                    systems,  as  well  as oil and  gas  burners.  Its  services
                    include the installation of all piping equipment, as well as
                    the design and fabrication of piping and sheet metal for its
                    mechanical  contracting  services.  It does not  provide any
                    services or goods to its affiliates.

          o         Roy Kay Electrical Company ("RK Electrical") is a New Jersey
                    corporation   that  is   licensed   to  perform   electrical
                    contracting  work  both  in New  York  and  New  Jersey.  RK
                    Electrical's  services include  installing and upgrading the
                    wiring  and  power  supply  of  buildings  for   commercial,
                    institutional and industrial  customers such as the New York
                    City  Housing   Authority  and  New  York  State   Dormitory
                    Authority.  It does not provide any services or goods to its
                    affiliates.

          o         Roy Kay Mechanical, Inc. ("RK Mechanical") is engaged in the
                    installation  and  renovation of sprinkler  systems and fire
                    suppression systems in New York and New Jersey. Its services
                    include piping  fabrication  for its systems for commercial,
                    institutional and industrial  customers such as the New York
                    City Housing Authority and New York

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                    State Dormitory Authority.  It does not provide any services
                    or goods to its affiliates.

          o         Binsky & Snyder, Inc., a New Jersey corporation,  is engaged
                    in installing  HVAC systems for  commercial  and  industrial
                    customers located primarily in New Jersey.

          o         Binsky & Snyder Service, Inc., a New Jersey corporation,  is
                    engaged in the servicing and maintenance of HVAC systems for
                    commercial and industrial customers located primarily in New
                    Jersey.

14.       KeySpan Technologies Inc. ("KT")

          KT is a New York corporation,  and wholly-owned subsidiary of KeySpan,
involved in developing, demonstrating, marketing, operating and maintaining, for
residential and  institutional  customers,  fuel cells that utilize natural gas.
Its industrial customers include hospitals and chemical companies located in New
York.

15.       KeySpan MHK, Inc. ("KMHK")

          KMHK, a Delaware  corporation,  currently owns an approximately  18.2%
equity interest in MyHomeKey.com,  Inc. ("MHK").14 MHK, a Delaware  corporation,
has been created to establish and maintain an Internet-based  website which will
serve  as (1) a  national  platform  for  local  websites  offering  energy  and
home-related goods and services and (2) a contractor for energy and home-related
services from goods and services providers of national scope. Specifically,  MHK
will  act  as a  national  website  which  incorporates  software  and  software
integration  systems  which can be  accessed by local  websites  operated by MHK
licensees. It is intended that MHK licensees will be energy companies throughout
the United  States,  each of which will be  allocated  an  exclusive  geographic
territory.  Each licensee will establish and maintain its own website which will
be accessed through the MHK master site. With the combined  functionality of the
national and local  websites,  the users of the MHK licensees'  websites will be
able to  access a wide  variety  of  services,  including  (i)  identifying  and
scheduling  local and  national  providers of routine and  emergency  energy and
home-related  services  (plumbing;  HVAC  installation,  maintenance and repair;
roofing;  carpet cleaning;  security system installation and monitoring;  etc.);
(ii) purchasing and scheduling installation of home appliances; (iii) monitoring
and remotely controlling energy usage and the home environment;  (iv) purchasing
energy  through links with other  websites;  (v) paying utility and other bills;
(vi)

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14 KMHK acquired its interest in MHK in late March of 2000.  KMHK's  approximate
18.2% equity  interest is  calculated  as oof April 18, 2000, on a fully diluted
basis,  assuming  the  conversion  of all  issued  and  outstanding  convertible
preferred stock of MHK and the exercise of all outstanding stock options.

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monitoring  community  calendars  (e.g.,  civic events,  governmental  meetings,
Little League games); (vii) making reservations and purchasing tickets for local
activities (e.g.,  restaurants,  movies,  sporting events);  and (viii) managing
residential relocations. MHK will operate and maintain the national website, and
will  have   responsibility  for  making   arrangements  with  national  service
providers.  The MHK licensees will operate and manage their local websites,  and
will have  responsibility for making  arrangements with local services providers
and local communities.  Responsibility for promoting the website nationally will
rest with MHK.  Responsibility  for promoting the  co-branded  website  within a
licensee's geographic territory will be divided between MHK and the licensee.

          KMHK has entered into a license  agreement  with MHK pursuant to which
KMHK will  develop,  operate  and  maintain a local  website  featuring  KeySpan
companies.  The  local  websites  will be  co-branded"  so that,  in the case of
KeySpan,  the local website will be known as "KeySpan MyHomeKey." KMHK's license
agreement with MHK designates six states as KMHK's  geographic  territory (i.e.,
New York,  New  Jersey,  Connecticut,  Massachusetts,  New  Hampshire  and Rhode
Island).  Any person  residing  within  those six states can become a registered
user of the KeySpan MyHomeKey local website at no charge.  The ability to become
a  registered  user of the website  will not require the user to be an energy or
utility  customer  of KMHK's  affiliates.  However,  KeySpan  believes  that the
KeySpan MyHomeKey  website will enable its registered  holding company system to
be more  competitive  in the energy  industry as a provider of "before and after
the meter  services" by  attracting  new  customers,  and  appealing to existing
customers,  through the convenience of Internet access to the myriad of services
offered by the KeySpan family of utility and energy related companies.

          The MHK website and the  KeySpan  MyHomeKey  website are not yet fully
developed.  It is anticipated  that the "first release" of the national host and
local  websites  will occur in late Summer or early Fall 2000,  and that further
development of the websites' capabilities will be ongoing.

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